It Indicates to our allies that we are prepared to work for constructive change In Eastern Europe. that we want our allies to take steps to join us In bringing Hungary Into a closer relationship with the West. Finally. I want to speak to a broader concem. Hungary is under Increasing pressure from Its neighbors In Eastern Europe. It has accepted some 30.000 Hungarianminority refugees from Romania. and has called on the U.N. to Investigate human rights abuses In Romania. It has growing tensions with Its northern neighbor Czechoslovakia. which. like Romania. opposes reforms In Hungary. Perhaps Hungarys most serious differences right now are with East Germany. because East Germans are using Hungary as a means of escape to the West over the now open border between Austria and Hungary.
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